Gambia, The | Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Limitations and exceptions: Because policymakers have tended to focus on fostering the growth of output, and because data on production are easier to collect than data on spending, many countries generate their primary estimate of GDP using the production approach. Moreover, many countries do not estimate all the components of national expenditures but instead derive some of the main aggregates indirectly using GDP (based on the production approach) as the control total. Data on exports and imports are compiled from customs reports and balance of payments data. Although the data from the payments side provide reasonably reliable records of cross-border transactions, they may not adhere strictly to the appropriate definitions of valuation and timing used in the balance of payments or corresponds to the change-of ownership criterion. This issue has assumed greater significance with the increasing globalization of international business. Neither customs nor balance of payments data usually capture the illegal transactions that occur in many countries. Goods carried by travelers across borders in legal but unreported shuttle trade may further distort trade statistics. Statistical concept and methodology: Gross domestic product (GDP) from the expenditure side is made up of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, gross capital formation (private and public investment in fixed assets, changes in inventories, and net acquisitions of valuables), and net exports (exports minus imports) of goods and services. Such expenditures are recorded in purchaser prices and include net taxes on products.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of the Gambia
Records
63
Source
Gambia, The | Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
36.17061431 1966
40.52147025 1967
39.99043732 1968
40.39287991 1969
37.79155576 1970
32.36724891 1971
33.77305743 1972
35.10265625 1973
38.97303234 1974
44.70857143 1975
41.0568518 1976
36.73550079 1977
33.6812221 1978
34.95955663 1979
42.73621179 1980
43.96109191 1981
44.33438681 1982
50.48829004 1983
51.12493707 1984
43.86485011 1985
46.62415215 1986
49.41808688 1987
50.36571732 1988
55.05998399 1989
59.90273626 1990
29.43891965 1991
30.59270667 1992
28.19201565 1993
21.23961801 1994
23.77564904 1995
21.7986716 1996
22.93220255 1997
25.30557465 1998
24.39736108 1999
25.79867432 2000
21.82079813 2001
27.15738458 2002
31.09378645 2003
20.59478287 2004
19.90329078 2005
21.03471234 2006
18.03295746 2007
14.47520018 2008
15.74610753 2009
14.66781488 2010
16.85940447 2011
19.84168223 2012
18.97916437 2013
21.83689544 2014
19.59633316 2015
15.91151182 2016
16.78945539 2017
21.7264295 2018
18.84139797 2019
9.62179189 2020
6.47185905 2021
4.56965741 2022
Gambia, The | Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Limitations and exceptions: Because policymakers have tended to focus on fostering the growth of output, and because data on production are easier to collect than data on spending, many countries generate their primary estimate of GDP using the production approach. Moreover, many countries do not estimate all the components of national expenditures but instead derive some of the main aggregates indirectly using GDP (based on the production approach) as the control total. Data on exports and imports are compiled from customs reports and balance of payments data. Although the data from the payments side provide reasonably reliable records of cross-border transactions, they may not adhere strictly to the appropriate definitions of valuation and timing used in the balance of payments or corresponds to the change-of ownership criterion. This issue has assumed greater significance with the increasing globalization of international business. Neither customs nor balance of payments data usually capture the illegal transactions that occur in many countries. Goods carried by travelers across borders in legal but unreported shuttle trade may further distort trade statistics. Statistical concept and methodology: Gross domestic product (GDP) from the expenditure side is made up of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, gross capital formation (private and public investment in fixed assets, changes in inventories, and net acquisitions of valuables), and net exports (exports minus imports) of goods and services. Such expenditures are recorded in purchaser prices and include net taxes on products.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of the Gambia
Records
63
Source